Chibiyu: Way to not answer my last question. Lol. I would definitely wear the tutu.
Nick: I think Joe would too. He told us heels kill your feet.
Chibiyu: The Single Ladies dance?
Nick: Yeah.
I OWN THE PLOT, LEMUR, AND MY OC'S BUT NOT THE FAMOUS CHARACTER'S OR JONAS!
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"I watched 7 agents die and none of them broke the JONAS Oath." They all relaxed but tensed again when the words sunk in. "One died in Russian Roulette versus me. Two died in one of LEMUR's drowning games. And four in the fire." He clenched his blackened knuckles and I bit my lip as I watched the skin break. But Nick didn't acknowledge it. "I was the lucky one each time."
I never heard his voice sound so bitter and cold. I have never seen the hate inscribed on his face. And none of us had ever seen the tears in his eyes.
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KEVIN'S POV
He made it. Thank the Heavens, he lived. But we lost tracking on him and his members after they left the river. Ingenious on Nick's part if I do say so myself. But he is three points shy…or is that just a cover up?
I shook my head and rubbed my eyes. It was the dead of night, Joe sleeping in his bed, Nick "sleeping over" at a "friends" house. Our parent's were bound to get suspicious eventually. But he would be home soon. I knew it.
I yawned as I pulled up Shark and Cricket's files after 3 hours of hacking into the various components of JONAS database. Man, it took me only 30 minutes to crack LEMUR's. I hit their file and was bombarded with more security and I smacked my head. Who designed this system?!?!? Wait…Nick did…well; he had the idea for it. Crap. It was going to be a long night.
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NICK'S POV
Ow.
I held back a wince as I moved and I felt Shark's eyes on me, watching the burns crack. She pursed her lips and grabbed the first aid kit, eyeing me seriously. I sighed, having held back on that until after I was debriefed and I finally nodded to her. She smiled and skipped over to me and did her magic. Whether with security or medical, Shark was the girl for the job.
Shark shook her fire red hair from her face, pushing back the straight strands behind her tiny ears, her black eyes narrowing as she concentrated. The only difference of the two twins was that Shark had a scar under her right eye and Cricket had a scar under her left. If you knew which side was which girl, you were fine. But most people didn't. In fact, only Viper, Lion and I did.
I didn't even fell her feather light touch as I watched her small fingers dance and bandaged and do whatever she had to over the worst of the burning.
"Without the chip, you would be dead." She bluntly stated and I nodded knowing the same fact. "You look like death." She again bluntly stated, but that was her way, blunt and right to the point. Which is why Cricket was the favorite of the twins. She was smart and made the truth nice but still forward. She could hold her tongue, unlike Shark, but she lacked the bite that Shark had, preferring to be more quiet and to sing when needed.
Cricket walked into the room and looked oddly at me, always knowing when someone was thinking about her.
"Hey Python." She greeted, plopping down on the orange coach next to me. "I never understood Viper's fascination with orange." She laughed as we looked at the orange chairs, paintings and cabinets in Viper's abode. I didn't get it either. "But I guess some things are better left unknown." She shook her head, a smile still on her face, contracting to her sister's scowl.
They were so different and yet they were mirror images.
"That should do it!" Shark sprang to her feet and sat on my other side, sighing. "You're lucky Pyth."
"Unlike our parents." Cricket finished. I knew the story well. They were both orphans. LEMUR operatives set fire to their house after they found out their father was the maker of some JONAS weapons. It was night, the girls were seven. Now 16, they spent every waking moment training to kill the ones that murdered their parents.
"I can see it now…in your marks." Shark whispered, her eyes lost and sad.
FLASHBACK-SHARK'S POV
I woke up when Sofia cried out next to me. Another night, another nightmare. As the older sister by three minutes, it was my job to drag my butt out of bed and to comfort her.
"There, there Fia, what happened sis?" I whispered as she hugged me.
"Fire happened Safia. Fire burning the house…mommy and daddy stuck inside…" She whispered shakily. But she didn't cry. Never in my whole seven years have I seen my baby sister cry. Maybe it was because both of us were prodigies, or maybe we were just strong. No…it was because we were overprotected. We never had a reason to cry. I doubted we even knew how to.
"It wasn't really Fia." I cooed and hugged her.
"I know Saf." She pulled away but did not smile like I expected her too. "Can we go outside for a minute? I need air." She whispered and I nodded.
I opened out first story window and climbed out, helping her, the shorter one, down. We ran to the sidewalk and walked along, knowing exactly how to take care of ourselves. And that was when it happened.
A scream tore through the night and an orange glow crept to our backs. We each turned, recognizing our mother's yell and we screamed as loud as we could. Our house was on fire.
"This is my dream!" Sofia yelled to me, tugging on my arm. Dad yelled for us on the inside but we stayed here. We were not going into a burning building. We were only seven. We saw four figures leap on the rooftop and jump off into the night. I ran forward as something silvery fell form one of them and I picked it up with a stick, not knowing it was hot.
LEMUR SILVER ELITE
What was LEMUR? What was a Silver Elite?
"They killed mom and dad." Sofia suddenly stated. "The screaming is over." And it was.
And the fire still raged on, overtaking everything we knew and loved. In a split second, it had all been taken from us. From that moment, we both vowed to take out who ever did this. We both vowed that LEMUR, whatever it was, would dearly pay for messing with Safia and Sofia Brown.
END-NICK'S POV
Shark blinked and came out of the memory the same time Cricket stood up and hugged her. I smiled at the closeness of the sisters. It reminded me of Joe, Kevin and me…before all of this secrecy. Before I decided to ruin my life.
"You didn't ruin your life Pyth." Cricket told me, using her weird face reading abilities. "You only added a new chapter to your story."
Shark nodded. "Happy or sad, it will only shape who you are today."
"And we like who you are becoming." They finished together before hugging me gently.
They were right.
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JOE'S POV
I can't sleep! Even though Nick is safe, I still can't sleep knowing he was hurt and almost killed and everything LEMUR told me was a lie! But if I quit I died or had my memory of it removed and I couldn't do that because a dead man can't help Nick and if I forget, he is alone.
I wonder what Kevin is doing…
Sleeping probably is 3 am.
I miss Nick.
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VIPER'S POV
Like the annoying friend I was I literally forced Nick to lay down and go to sleep instead of researching more about LEMUR and JONAS relationships. It was not easy. I wonder how his brother's did it?
"Hey Viper?" Lion asked suddenly and I jumped, not used to hearing his surprisingly soft voice. He scratched his bald head with a well muscled arm, contemplating what should be said. "What will happen if JONAS finds out we did this and LEMUR will soon find out Python's gone…what do we do now?"
"We can't go back to JONAS." Cricket whispered, coming into the room, shockingly alone. "Not when we know they let all of our friends die so easily in LEMUR."
"And we can't go to LEMUR, obviously…" I thought aloud. "The best bet is to learn what we can about both companies, ignore the lies they both shown us and build a resistance. We can't let these to 'infections' fester." I stated, using a metaphor Cricket would understand best.
Lion nodded. "So we will take down both companies before they take down each other. But how? Even with Python it's impossible."
"Nothing is impossible Lion." Python quietly stated from the door and we all jumped, not noticing him until now. I glared at him but he ignored me, his eyes lost in thought. "I have an idea…" But he didn't elaborate, he just turned and walked back into the room and shut the door.
Cricket looked annoyed that she couldn't read his face and Lion looked lost. I was patient. I knew how Python worked. And I also knew that there was no way he was still in that room.
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NICK'S POV
I had to confirm what I just learned. I couldn't sit and twiddle my thumbs. So I left the house out the window, running along, ignoring the searing pain every time I moved the wrong way. But I made no sound and was virtually invisible in the night. I neared my destination and pulled out a tracking chip I had found whilst in LEMUR and I activated it with caution.
I watched a window open and the person look right at me, though I knew they couldn't see me before closing the window silently. I turned off the tracker when the front door opened.
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CRICKET'S POV
I sat with my sister and Lion, knowing Python was in danger because he stupidly left the hideout. Well…He must have known what he was doing. Python never did anything stupid and overly risky.
"I'm worried." Lion whispered and we both hugged him, knowing he hated the unknown. But he never told us why and I could never read it from his eyes. It was annoying, to say the least. But I wouldn't press him. If his past scarred him so much he wouldn't talk about it, then why open old wounds?
But I do know this; his past was worse than mine.
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JONAS'S BOSS
So Python was alive? I knew he wouldn't die in that horrid place. But I also knew he no longer worked as a JONAS agent, along with the rebel group of his.
I turned to my computer and stripped their statuses from the database, knowing they would never even want it again. But it felt good. They were traitors for not coming back. They were still traitors even if they worked against LEMUR.
My brother, LEMUR's Head…he would pay for what he did to other agents before Python. Here at JONAS they didn't even receive a scratch and exited the same way they entered, but of course, with no memory of us. LEMUR broke their bodies and preferred to kill instead of interrogate. To use fear instead of inducing courage. It sickened me.
I touched the photo of my mother and scowled.
"Don't worry mom, I will avenge you soon."
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LEMUR'S BOSS
My sister thought she was so cool because she led the top spy agency in the world. But she was a fake, a fraud, she never could stomach the spy game. Just like our mother. And father was right to leave her and then kill her. And now I had to finish what father started, taking down JONAS so only one company could remain; LEMUR.
This is going to be a fun war.
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NICK'S POV
"Why are you here?" The figure asked, walking outside starring right at me. I said nothing, my signature thing, I just let my face say it al for me. "You really are the best. I'm proud Python." So he knew my agent name? Not surprising. I knew his.
"I'm not the best. Far from it." I answered shortly and he smiled.
"Always modest of your talents." He laughed and I crossed my arms, not missing how his eyes darted to the coverings of my burns. "I'm sorry you had to go through that."
"A small price to pay to keep LEMUR from the JONAS secrets." I responded without a care and he stiffened.
"JONAS Oath? Is it really worth it?" Was he testing me? I looked at him. No. It wasn't a test, just a poorly thought out question.
"It is." I whispered and he pursed his lips.
"There's more to life than keeping an Oath Python." He reminded me.
"I know there is. But if I gave it away, I would have died a traitor instead of free." I started. "But you are right. Family and friends are more important than some Oath." I stepped into the light and watched him take in every mark that was shown. "That's why I need you Kevin."
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Chibiyu: A little short, sorry. 3 chapters until over guys. Until next Update!
No time for proof reading.
